Another unrecognized iPod in iTunes (with other issues)

I have an iPod video, bought in summer of '06, serial number ends with TXK. So I'm not sure what "generation" this is according to the Apple guide. Anyways..
I decided to start organizing my iTunes. After about an hours worth of work, I plug in my iPod and attempt to sync it. I get an error saying something about the "The disk/file cannot be located." After troubleshooting that, I managed to get it to sync (even though some other errors came up). I had put a new video on and tried to view it on my iPod. The iPod would freeze when I attempted this, so I reset it and tried a few more times. I decided to Restore the iPod since it had been lagging on songs and in the menu as well. The Restore was successful except now my iPod isn't recognized by iTunes. When i plug it in, iTunes starts up like normal, but that's it. I can view it in Windows as well. I've tried everything I've come across these past 3 hours, including removing iTunes and reinstalling. So basically this is a last resort. Help is appreciated. Thanks.

Well I finally got it to work. What I did was, uninstall everything Apple related. Then I went into program files and deleted all the associated folders. Restart. Put in the disk that came with the iPod and install everything. Upgrade the iTunes to the newest version. Restart. And try plugging in the iPod.

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Thank you Terpfen for replying, and please excuse my ill temper earlier. I've calmed down some now.
Step: 1 followed step one previously, Main screen, settings, Wi-Fi. Also set power down to 5 min to give I-Pod plenty of time to find network.
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Hence the easy connect isn't connecting.
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